Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Zamia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Zamia \Za"mi*a\, n. [L. zamia a kind of fir cone, from Gr. ?, ?,
hurt, damage. See Plin. xvi. 44.] (Bot.)
A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low
palms, but with exogenous wood. See {Coontie}, and Illust. of
{Strobile}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
zamia
n : any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest
and most verdant cycads
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